Should people with kidney disease get genetic testing?

About 37 million people in the United States have chronic kidney disease and studies show that genetics may explain between 10% and 20% of cases in adults (and as many as 70% of cases in children). But genetic testing in kidney disease is not very common compared to genetic testing in other medical fields, including cancer, pediatrics (for developmental disorders), and obstetrics (prenatal testing). “There are many benefits of genetic testing for patients with chronic kidney disease, but there’s always a lag in adoption whenever a new technology is introduced into practice,” says Ali Gharavi, chair of medicine at Columbia Read More